Labour rights as human rights /edited by Philip Alston ; Academy of European Law, European University Institute in collaboration with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, New York University School of Law.

Labour rights as human rights : the not so happy state of the art / Philip Alston -- Social rights in a globalized economy / Simon Deakin -- The right to bargain collectively in international law : workers' right, human right, international right? / Patrick Macklem -- Is the ILO effective in upholding workers' rights? : reflections on the Myanmar experience / Francis Maupain -- The labor dimension of the emerging Free Trade Area of the Americas / Steve Charnovitz -- Should the EU have the power to set minimum standards for collective labour rights in the member states? / A.C.L. Davies -- The European Union and international labour standards : the dynamics of dialogue between the EU and the ILO / Tonia Novitz..

Includes bibliographical references and index..